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Builder Name:paolo cavosi   -  
Project:   Vans - RV-10
Total Hours:2429.2
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Start/Last Date:May 28, 2019 - No Finish Date
Engine:IO-540 Thunderbolt Serial # EL-38135-48E
Propeller:MT Propeller MTV-12-B/193-53 serial 22G1268-K
Panel:Garmin G3X
 
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Aug 06, 2021     11-3 Empennage attach step 1 - (9 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
After searching in the whole shop for the missing E-Drill Steel Bushing and not finding it i started searching all over again. The damn little thing is nowhere to find.
I asked Lucio for a possible alternative and he suggested to drill a AN4 bolt using a lathe....which i don't have. He commited to do that in the next week or so.

After few hours i decided to try myself using my drill press.
I started using a center drill and i determined the center of the bold using the hex head.
After that i inserted the bolt head down into the drill press. I positioned a very short #30 bit in the cross- table and i tried to have a correct vertical position.
I carefully drilled with a lot of lube and at the end i cut off the head and the threaded part of the bolt.
I repeated the whole drill for a second bolt obtaining a decent result.
After checking with Lucio the hole is acceptable in terms of concentricity and i will use the better bushing for the drill.


 


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